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FRANCIS II. TOBIAS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOLDING BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,101, dated October 27, 1885.

Serial No. 144,778. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANoIs H. ToBiAs, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Folding Bedsteads; and the following is declared to be a description of the same.

Folding bedsteads are generally made either hinged at one end rail to a fixed case, into which the bed folds, or the bed is divided into halves and folds together, `and into a fixed case.

My invention relates to a folding bedstead or crib wherein the side rails and end rails are fixed together and mounted on rollers, which rollers are fastened to the side rails and to one end rail, and slide in ways, o1ie set of ways being horizontal and the other set perpendicular.

The bed-bottom folds up into a fixed case, and said case is made with front doors, and, by preference, an open back for ventilation, dsc., and upon the inner surface of the front doors are a portion of the horizontal ways, said doors acting as a support for the bed when opened out to place.

In thedrawings, Figure iV is a vertical cross-section of my folding bedstead. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, and Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section of the bedstead closed.

The xed case is composed of the side pieces, a a', back pieces, b b, and front doors, c c', and the bed bottom is composed of the end rails, eZ d', side rails ee, hinged side rails ff', and slats g.

Upon the side pieces, a a', are the xed slideways h h', and there are rollers upon each end of the hinged side rail. f', that move up or down in these slideways h h as the bedstead is opened or closed.

There are horizontal slideways 7c k in two parts, one part being secured to the side pieces, o a', and the other part being secured upon the inner surface of the folding doors c e, and there are rollers Z upon the end rails, d d, at the center thereof, and these rollers Z move back and forth in the slideways 7c 7c'. There are openings in the side pieces a a', into or through which the Ways 7c 7c are received when the folding doors are closed.

To close the bed, the bed bottom portion is tilted and pushed back into the fixed case, as shown in Fig. 3, the rollers Z running horizontally upon the ways 7c k', and the rollers z' running down perpendicularly between the ways h h', and the side rails f f closing against the bed. The folding doors can then be closed.

In opening the bed the folding doors are opened out at right angles to the case, and the bed-bottom pulled out upon the ways 7c k, and in so' doing the side rail f is raised vertically, its rollers being between the ways h 7i', and the rollers ruiming out upon the ways k 7c.

Vhen the bed-bottom is drawn out for use, it may be held from tipping by a bolt or secured in place in any desired manner. -The folding doors o c' are hinged'at m to the side pieces, ct a', and the side rails, f f and e e, are hinged together at n.

Instead of the folding doors c c', the bot tom of the bedstead may be paneled to form a front to the Xed case, and the slideways 7c 7c may be formed by hinged brackets,that are adapted to fold in against the case, and in this connection an adjustable leg should be used to support the bracket and fixed case when the bed is opened.

Thebedstead case may be provided with casters, if desired, and the rollers 'Z and Z should be grooved to lit the ways h h and 7c la. Sliding blocks grooved to fit said ways may be substituted for the rollers or for any number of them.

I claim as my inventionn l. In a folding bedstead, the combination, with a tilting bed bottoni and rollers upon the sanne, of the fixed case having the side pieces, a a', back pieces, b b', hinged front doors, c c', and the slideways 7L h and k 7c', substantially as set forth.

2. In a folding bedstead, the combination, with a fixed case having hinged front doors, and slideways upon the respective parts, of the bed-bottom composed of the end rails, d d, side rails e e', hinged side rails f f', and slats g, and the rollersz' upon the ends of the side rails f, and the rollers Z upon the end rails, cZ d, substantially as set forth.

3. In a folding bedstead, the combination,

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with a xed case, hinged front doors, and folding bed-bottom, of the slideways h h', placed perpendicularly upon the sides of the fixed case, and the slideways k k', placed hor- 1 izontally upon the hinged front doors and sides of the fixed case, respectively, and the rollers Z and z' between the respective slide Ways kk and hh', substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

F. H. TOBIAS.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINOKNEY, WILLIAM G. MoTT. 

